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Timeline Of The Near Future

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1. Transit of Mercury.






2. Copyright on the earliest Mickey Mouse cartoons expires.






3. 99942 Apophis has a 1 in 250000 chance of hitting Earth on April 19.






4. Solar eclipse of 7 min 26 s - saros 139.






5. On December 2 at 12-32 UTC Mars will occult Jupiter.






6. The second full orbit of Neptune around the sun since its discovery in 1846.






7. Information on the Falklands War declassified.






8. The One country - two systems model between China and Macau will expire.






9. Solar eclipse of 7 min 14 s - Solar Saros 139. Exceeding 7 minutes of totality - this will be the first time this has happened in 177 years; the last one occurred on June 30 - 1973. when the Concorde prototype followed the totality spot during 73 min






10. Triple conjunction Mars






11. Cosmic Call 1 will reach its destination - the star Gliese 777.






12. Brood X - the largest brood of North American seventeen-year cicadas - will emerge.






13. Return of Halley's Comet.






14. At 15-28 UTC - on September 14 - Venus will eclipse Jupiter.






15. Two solar eclipses will occur in this year.






16. 2018 FIFA World Cup to be held in Russia. 2018 Winter Olympics to be held in Pyeongchang - South Korea.






17. Return of Halley's Comet.






18. Year 2038 problem - similar to the Year 2000 problem may occur on this date.






19. 2016 Summer Olympics to be held in Rio de Janeiro.






20. December 10






21. The M1 Abrams will be retired from service.






22. Halley's Comet returns to the inner Solar System.






23. Transit of Venus on June 9.






24. The M1 Abrams will be retired from service.






25. Mercury occults Neptune.






26. On March 4 at 10-52 UTC - Venus will occult Uranus.






27. On August 1 - Mercury occults Regulus (last occultation of Regulus by Mercury was on August 13 - 364 BC).






28. Long-duration lunar eclipse of approximately 106.1 minutes.






29. Last year which can be represented using the File Allocation Table date format.






30. 52 UTC - Venus will occult Saturn.






31. The Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf (comprising Saudi Arabia - Oman - United Arab Emirates - Bahrain - Kuwait and Qatar) hope to establish monetary union in this year. FIFA Confederations Cup to be held in Brazil. 34th America's C






32. Sedna overtakes Eris as the farthest known spheroid orbiting the Sun.






33. Solar eclipse of 7 min 29 s (very close to the theoretical maximum) - saros 139 - 'crowing' this serie. This is predicted to be the longest eclipse during the current 10000 year period - from 4000 BC to AD 6000 (eclipse predictions by Fred Espenak -






34. Solar eclipse of 7 min 14 s - Solar Saros 139. Exceeding 7 minutes of totality - this will be the first time this has happened in 177 years; the last one occurred on June 30 - 1973. when the Concorde prototype followed the totality spot during 73 min






35. On August 1 - Mercury occults Regulus (last occultation of Regulus by Mercury was on August 13 - 364 BC).






36. Construction of Sagrada Familia to be completed.






37. The 17th Pan-American Games to be held in Toronto. Spacecrafts New Horizons and Dawn to arrive at the dwarf planets Pluto and Ceres - respectively. Alignment of Earth - Venus and Jupiter. Rugby World Cup held in England and Wales. 2015 Cricket World






38. Asteroid 2007 VK184 has a chance of 1 in 3030 of hitting Earth in this year.






39. Transit of Venus on June 11.






40. 2019 Rugby World Cup to be held in Japan. 2019 Cricket World Cup to be held in England.






41. Triple conjunction of Mars and Saturn.






42. Transit of Venus.






43. 2016 Summer Olympics to be held in Rio de Janeiro.






44. Triple conjunction Mars






45. Triple conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn.






46. Transit of Mercury and an occultation of Jupiter by Venus.






47. The One country - two systems model between China and Hong Kong will terminate in this year.






48. 2018 FIFA World Cup to be held in Russia. 2018 Winter Olympics to be held in Pyeongchang - South Korea.






49. Transit of Mercury and an occultation of Jupiter by Venus.






50. The Message From Earth will reach Gliese 581.